Combined folding bed and bureau



A. GHITTINO.

COMBINED FOLDING BED AND BUREAU.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1919.

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A. GHITTINO.

COMBINED FOLDING BED AND BUREAU.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, mm.

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I Fig 3 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER GHITTINO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Application filed March 26, 1919. Serial No. 285,176.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that'I, ALEXANDER GHrrrINo,

declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Folding Beds and Bureaus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an article of convertible furniture involving a foldable bed and bureau, in which the particular novelty lies in an ornamental leg structure so arranged and mounted as to be capable of collapse against the front wall of the bureau, the arrangement being such that this ornamental leg structure forms a complement of similar ornamental parts provided on the front of said bureau.

Another object of the present invention resides in providing a leg mounting which is also of an ornamental character complemental to the ornamentation of the leg structure and other ornamentally fixed parts carried by the bureau; and the invention also aims to provide an improved means whereby the collapsible legs may be held either in an operative position for supporting the folding bed or in a collapsed position against the front of the bureau, .in, each of which positions said means will securely hold the legs 7 against accidental movement. 0

With these and further objects in view, as will in part hereinafter be stated and in part become apparent, the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as subsequently specified and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,-

of furniture constructed in accordance with tion in which'the same presents the appearance of a bureau.

Fig. 41 is a cross sectional View taken onlapsed position of the a subject of the King of Italy, but having of the bureau, as shown ing the bureau. Figure 1 is a perspective view of an article front bureau wall 9 is also showing the and view taken on the -of two sections designated generally at A and B, these sections being connected together by hinges as shown at l in Fig. 2 to admit of the opening out of the sections A and B in which case they combine to provide a folding bed, or through this hinge joint 1 the sections may be collapsed together, whereupon they assume the position shown in Fig. l and provide a bureau. These sections A and B are preferably of a boxlike structure having end walls 2 and 3 which form respectively the head board and foot board of the bed when the furniture is folded out and which combine to provide the top in Fig. 1, when said furniture is collapsed. The meeting edges of said head board 2 and foot board 3 are of any suitable form, such, for instance, as that shown in Fig. 1,.it only being necessary that the formation of the one is the complement of the other in order that they may provide a continuous surface for the top of the bureau.

When used as a bureau, the article of furniture is supported on knobs 4 which are carried by the adjacent end pieces 5 and 6 adjoining the hinge 1 and these knobs 4 also have the added function of spacing the end pieces 5 and 6 when the sections are folded out in the manner shown in Fig. 2. The meeting side walls of the furniture carry, respectively, hooks 7 and eyes 8 which may be engaged in order to lock the sections together when the parts are collapsed form- Of course, other fastening means might be employed.

The front wall of the bureau is represented at 9, and is preferably provided with a door 10 through which access may be had to an interior compartment within the box Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the article of furniture folded out in the position I ifdesired, this door may be a false one, in

which case it merely forms a part of the ornamentation of the front bureau wall. This provided with suitable ornamental parts with which the legs of the bed cooperate, and in the present instance I show these ornamental parts as consisting of elongated beads or moldings 11 and 12 extending horizontally and placed at the top and bottom of the front bureau wall 9. These ornamental parts 11 and 12 may, if desired, terminate at both ends in the knobs or balls 13 and 14 shown, and such beads or moldings are of such. length as to provide suitable spaces at either side of same, which spaces are adapted to be occupied by the legs when in a collapsed position. The legs shown in Fig. 1 are numbered 15 and 16 and are four in number, so that one leg is provided for each space opposite the beads 11. Moreover, these legs 15 and 16 are also wrought in the same ornamental form as the beads 11, so that the beads and legs form complements of each other. The legs 15 and 16 are preferably carried by columns or posts 17 and 18 which are mounted vertically at the sides of the front bureau wall 9, and are also formed of a rounded structure cooperating with the legs 15 and 16 and the beads 11 and 12 to form anornamental bar frame on -the bureau front.

As shown more particularly in Fig. 3, the columns or posts 17 and 18 are journaled to rock on vertical axes in parts of the head board 2 and end piece 5, which project beyond the front bureau wall 9. For this purpose, the ends of the columns are preferably reduced, as shown at 19, forming trunnions which fit within bearings 20 carried within the head board 2 and end piece 5. The legs 15 and 16 are preferably so arranged as to be removably mounted in these columns, and the preferred form of this connection consists in reducing the legs to provide stems 21 which are threaded and screwed into threaded openings 22 provided in said columns 17 and 18.

- A bearing plate 23 is fitted against the under side of the head board 2 and is pro- 'vided with a perforation to receive the upper trunnion 19 of each column and this plate is fixed against movement, as, for 1nstance, by the screw 24;. A second locking plate 25 is fitted upon each post and is adapted to be rotatable therewith and for this purpose the post may be provided with a square shoulder 26 to fit withina correspondingly square opening in the locking plate 25. The plate 25 turns against the plate 23 and an extensive bearing surface is thus afforded.

In the projecting part of the head board 2 T'make a recess 27 near the trunnion 19 of each post, and i'n.this recess 27 is fitted a metal or other suitable casing 28 for receiving a reciprocating plunger 29 normally urged outward or projected by a coiled spring 30 arranged in the casing behind the same. The plunger 29 carries pins 31 projecting into slots 32 in the casing 28 so as to guide the reciprocating motion of the plunger and to abut against the bearing plate 23-and in order to prevent the escape of the plunger 29 from the casing. Said plunger 29' is adapted to pass through registering perforations 33 and 3% made, respectively, in the bearing plate 23 and locking plate 25. The'locking plate 25 is provided with two such perforations'34 and 35, which two perforations, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, are spaced apart a distance of ninety degrees on said plate in order to correspond to the two positions assumed by the legs 16 when in the operative and in the collapsed positions. By this arrangement, one of the perforations, for instance, 35, will be brought into alinement with the perforation 33 in the bearing plate 23 when the legs 16 are swung to the collapsed position against the front wall of the bureau and the locking plunger 29 passing through these alining perforations will effectually lock the legs and columns in such collapsed position. On the other hand, when the legs are swung out from the bureau wall to an operative position where they may support the folding bed, the column 18 and locking plate 25 will have been revolved through the distance of a quarter of a circle or ninety degrees in executing this leg movement, and the second perforation 84: will consequently be brought into register with the bearing plate perforation and the plunger 29 may be reengaged through such newly alined perforations and the locking of the legs in the folded out position result. The plunger 29 may be retracted at any time by the pressure of the finger or a suitable implement, which will be allowed by the yieldable spring 30.

Of course, the rear wall of the bureau may be made in the same manner as above described of the front wall 9, and in Fig. 2 similar columns 36 are mounted in downwardly projecting'parts of the foot board 3 and end piece 6 of the section B, and carry one or more pairs of legs 37 to support the foot of the bed. These columns 86 and legs 37 are similar in all respects to the legs and leg mountings above described in connection with the front wall of the bureau, or

they may be made in accordance with any other construction.

In use, the article of furniture is normally in the collapsed position shown in Fig. 1, in which it presents the appearance of bed may rest upon the legs, as clearly illus- 3Q latches carried by said sections trated in Fig. 2. In the morning the bed may be again collapsed to form the bureau, which will be a smaller article of furniture and take up less space.

Vhat I claim is 1. An article of convertible furniture involving av folding bed and bureau including companion sections hinged together for collapse, columns journaled to rotate on the bottoms of said sections, legs secured to said columns and adapted to fold against the bottoms of the sections, locking plates carried by and rotatable with said columns and having perforations therein, spring-pressed latches carried by said sections and ar ranged to engage through the perforations in said plates for locking the legs either in the operative or folded positions, the ends of the latches being exposed through the perforations for engagement to retract said latches, and means for preventing the escape of the latches through the perforations.

2. An article of convertible furniture involving a folding bed andbureau including companion sections hinged together for collapse, columns journaled to rotate beneath said sections, legs removably connected with said columns, perforated locking plates journaled With said columns, reciprocating and arranged to engage through the perforations in said locking plates to hold the legs either in an operative or collapsed position, the outer ends of the latches being exposed through the perforations in said plates, and means to prevent the escape of the latches through said perforations.

3. An article of convertible furniture involving a folding bed and bureau including companion sections hinged together for collapse, means for securing said sections together in the collapsed position to form the bureau, columns rotatably journaled in said sections and adapted to removably carry legs, perforated locking plates carried by said columns, spring-pressed latches carried by said sections and adapted to engage through the perforations in said locking plate, the ends of the latches being exposed through said perforations, means for preventing the escape of the latches through the perforations, and means on the ends of said sections adapted to support the furniture When in position as a bureau and also acting to space the sections apart When folded out to form a bed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER GHITTINO.

Witnesses:

CARLO RADELLI, JEANETTE H. Foss. 

